The simultaneous success and disappearance of Hong Kong martial arts film

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The simultaneous success and disappearance of Hong Kong martial arts film

The simultaneous success and disappearance of Hong Kong martial arts film

analysed through costume and movement in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Author:

Skov, Lise

Abstract:

In this essay, I wish to examine the relation between body, movement and
costume in Chinese martial arts film. I propose to see fight choreography as
dance, and I rush to say that this is a totally unoriginal claim on my part;
practically any book or commentary on the martial arts genre will use the
word dance, either literally or evocatively. There are good reasons for this, as I
will discuss below.